Developing Attentional Control in High School Football: Two Case Studies

Athletes' perceptions of performance

“…Psychological needs within football include but are not limited to mental skills such as imagery and visualisation, self-talk, attentional control and coping strategies (Burton et al, 2011;Campos et al, 2016;Diment, 2014;Monteiro et al, 2018;Norouzi et al, 2019;Shigeno et al, 2019;Wood et al, 2015). The tactical needs previously explored in football include player positioning and structures, as well as methods of tactical analysis (Bueno et al, 2021;Goes et al, 2021;Jara et al, 2019;Ortega et al, 2016;Rein & Memmert, 2016;Rey et al, 2015).…”

“…As discussed in Chapter one, and later discussed in the systematic review (Chapter two), football is one of the most well-researched sporting codes, with a substantial base of research in the technical skills (Barnes et al, 2014;Bradley et al, 2013;Kelly et al, 2020;Kubayi, 2021), tactical (Burton et al, 2011;Campos et al, 2016;Diment, 2014;Monteiro et al, 2018;Norouzi et al, 2019;Shigeno et al, 2019;Wood et al, 2015), physical (Abbott et al, 2018;Barnes et al, 2014;Bloomfield et al, 2007;Bradley et al, 2013;Jara et al, 2019;Ortega et al, 2016) and psychological needs (Burton et al, 2011;Campos et al, 2016;Diment, 2014;Monteiro et al, 2018;Norouzi et al, 2019;Shigeno et al, 2019;Wood et al, 2015), which gives us a wide range of understanding (Mackenzie & Cushion, 2013;McLean et al, 2017) Multiple systematic reviews within football have explored these areas which allows us a summative understanding on specific areas of interest (Caicedo-Parada et al, 2020;Goes et al, 2021;Low et al, 2020;Sarmento et al, 2014Sarmento et al, , 2018Whitehead et al, 2018). With less research completed in netball, there is less knowledge to be able to ascertain a summative understanding of performance and its relative parts, i.e., the technical, tactical, physical and psychological areas of the sport.…”

Athletes' perceptions of performance

“…Psychological needs within football include but are not limited to mental skills such as imagery and visualisation, self-talk, attentional control and coping strategies (Burton et al, 2011;Campos et al, 2016;Diment, 2014;Monteiro et al, 2018;Norouzi et al, 2019;Shigeno et al, 2019;Wood et al, 2015). The tactical needs previously explored in football include player positioning and structures, as well as methods of tactical analysis (Bueno et al, 2021;Goes et al, 2021;Jara et al, 2019;Ortega et al, 2016;Rein & Memmert, 2016;Rey et al, 2015).…”

“…As discussed in Chapter one, and later discussed in the systematic review (Chapter two), football is one of the most well-researched sporting codes, with a substantial base of research in the technical skills (Barnes et al, 2014;Bradley et al, 2013;Kelly et al, 2020;Kubayi, 2021), tactical (Burton et al, 2011;Campos et al, 2016;Diment, 2014;Monteiro et al, 2018;Norouzi et al, 2019;Shigeno et al, 2019;Wood et al, 2015), physical (Abbott et al, 2018;Barnes et al, 2014;Bloomfield et al, 2007;Bradley et al, 2013;Jara et al, 2019;Ortega et al, 2016) and psychological needs (Burton et al, 2011;Campos et al, 2016;Diment, 2014;Monteiro et al, 2018;Norouzi et al, 2019;Shigeno et al, 2019;Wood et al, 2015), which gives us a wide range of understanding (Mackenzie & Cushion, 2013;McLean et al, 2017) Multiple systematic reviews within football have explored these areas which allows us a summative understanding on specific areas of interest (Caicedo-Parada et al, 2020;Goes et al, 2021;Low et al, 2020;Sarmento et al, 2014Sarmento et al, , 2018Whitehead et al, 2018). With less research completed in netball, there is less knowledge to be able to ascertain a summative understanding of performance and its relative parts, i.e., the technical, tactical, physical and psychological areas of the sport.…”